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The Rolling Stone Magazine - Interview with Robert Altman
San Francisco (June 30, 2009) - I had the pleasure of a one-time conversation with Mr. Robert Altman, the Chief Editor of Photography for "The Rolling Stone" magazine. In his book of pictures... Literary India: Festival of Festivals
Bruce Palling travels to the colourful Jaipur Literary Festival and is impressed by the long list of prestigious authors, the hugely enthusiastic participants… and the free curry " The more insular residents of...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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101 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
Brits claim to have read books they haven't
According to a recent survey, two out of three Britons have lied about what books they have read, with George Orwell's '1984' topping the 'literary fib list'. Organizers of the World Book Day conducted this survey... A Great Poet Ghalib Died Today
Perhaps the best known poet in the classical Urdu poetry tradition of the 'ghazal' or love poetry is Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib. Today is his 140th death anniversary. Born in the...
created by rumana husain | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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474 views | 46 recommendations | 11 comments
abird that can't fly
"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."Poetic laurels to Obama, but not as poet laureate
President-elect Barack Obama often alludes to his time at the Harvard Law Review. However, it took the Library of Congress and its study of presidents as poets to unearth Sen. Obama's poetic side."When...Hollywood is suing India's Hari Puttar
Hollywood's Warner Bros is suing an Indian production company whose new film is called "Hari Puttar". " The studio had started proceedings against the makers of "Hari Puttar" over similarities to the...Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies
News without opinion. " Celebrated poet (Mahmoud Darwish) passes at age 67 in Houston hospital following complications after open-heart surgery " "Revered as the Palestinians' national poet, Darwish was...Welcome to Iraq, the hot new holiday destination
" It has some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam - but persuading tourists to visit Iraq has to be one of the toughest jobs around. Hamood Massam...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
"The chosen book for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Now in its third year, Dublin: One City, One Book is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city... Are literary tastes a relationship deal-breaker?
Ever dumped someone because of the books they read? Here's a writer who's not only willing to admit it, but who has found others willing to 'fess up well."We’ve all been there. Or some of us have. Anyone who... Holocaust Author Proven a Liar and a Fraud
Ok, I don't care if you do not believe in Hell, but for the sake of Misha Defoseca, who wrote, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocasut Years," there should be a reserved room. The lying author admits that her memoir is...Guillermo Del Toro in Talks to Direct 'The Hobbit'
This is promising news: Guillermo del Toro, the acclaimed director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, may take on directing duties for the upcoming Hobbit movies. "Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Dublin seeks square on game board
"Voting has opened for the first ever world edition of the board game Monopoly. The manufacturer of Monopoly, Hasbro, has set up a website where people can vote for cities from a prepared list or nominate a city to feature in the game. Just 22 cities will make it on to the... Catholic school board bans Godless book
Banning so-called atheistic books is a dumb move in my opinion. For someone to develop a solid world view it needs to be challenged. What are they so afraid of? (Answer: eternal damnation)."The...
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